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Redneck Riviera??

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HollibirdBeach Lover
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:confused: I have a question. I am a transplanted north easterner living in Destin... but still. why would anyone refer to our beautiful area as the 'redneck riviera'? Why would you want to be associated with such a derogatory name? Why would someone be proud to be considered a 'redneck'? In my hometown, that just meant you were poor, uneducated, and toothless. does it mean something else down here?

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RudyjohnSoWal Insider
#102
:floor: Can't be any worse than calamari.Don't see how anyone can eat that!
fried rubber bands
DD avatar
DDSoWal Expert
#103
You all are just wrong.

Mango, I would never make you eat gizzards or liver.
Lady D avatar
Lady DSoWal Insider
#104
fried rubber bands

That is exactly what I have heard. My elderly grandmother ordered them once in Red Lobster thinking they were onion rings. Boy was she in for a surprise when she found out what they were. Needless to say, she didn't eat any more!
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MangoSoWal Insider
#105
I don't know why, but I love me some fat fried chicken gizzards (not liver though). The little cafe in the Chevron station on Hwy 98 & 393 has the best. They fry 'em up early so workers can stop in on their way to work and pick them up for lunch.

:lolabove: One morning the hubby ran in that Chevron cafe to get some eggs on a roll with bacon, and he called me and asked me if I wanted some gizzards on my sandwich 😱 and he was hysterical laughing. I've eaten some strange things in my life, frogs legs, pigs feet, blood sausages,tongue but I couldn't see my self trying a gizzard that early in the morning :shock: ;-)
RudyjohnSoWal Insider
#106
Actually, calamari is good if it's prepared right. But there was one time that it literally felt like rubberbands. I had to send it back.
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ShallowsNoleBeach Fanatic
#107
The infamous Point Washington thriller "Frogs" premiered when I was in third grade. We went to dinner afterward and ordered frog legs. :razz:

Funny how I was OK with it then, but now just the thought of it... :puke:

Fried gator tail is pretty good though...especially on Thanksgiving :cool:
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gooferBeach Fanatic
#108
I love fried chicken livers wrapped in bacon !! I also love fried calamari when it is done correctly. Have't found any restaurant that does it really well in the area, although I seem to recall BONEFISH in Destin doing a nice job.
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potatovixenBeach Fanatic
#109
I love fried chicken livers wrapped in bacon !! I also love fried calamari when it is done correctly. Have't found any restaurant that does it really well in the area, although I seem to recall BONEFISH in Destin doing a nice job.

*insert shameless self-promotion here*
Onano does a pretty good job at it. And I'm not just saying that because I'm the one who prepares it most nights. 😀 I wouldn't recommend anything I didn't like.
BiffBeach Fanatic
#110
MMMMMMM,,,, Mummmmmmmwwaaa!!!!!!!!

GATOR TAIL!!!!!!!!!!:clap_1:


The infamous Point Washington thriller "Frogs" premiered when I was in third grade. We went to dinner afterward and ordered frog legs. :razz:

Funny how I was OK with it then, but now just the thought of it... :puke:

Fried gator tail is pretty good though...especially on Thanksgiving :cool:
Teresa avatar
TeresaSoWal Guide
#111
I love fried chicken livers wrapped in bacon !! I also love fried calamari when it is done correctly. Have't found any restaurant that does it really well in the area, although I seem to recall BONEFISH in Destin doing a nice job.

calamari at Barago is to die for. also delicious at Royal Orchid (thai)...
Mermaidpicky
#112
The infamous Point Washington thriller "Frogs" premiered when I was in third grade. We went to dinner afterward and ordered frog legs. :razz:

Funny how I was OK with it then, but now just the thought of it... :puke:

Fried gator tail is pretty good though...especially on Thanksgiving :cool:

I'm with you on this one. The pile of little itty bitty frog legs after you're done eating is kinda disconcerting. I did it once--when I was in my adventurous 20s, but never again. It's a miniature boneyard on your plate. :creepy:
Mango avatar
MangoSoWal Insider
#113
I'm with you on this one. The pile of little itty bitty frog legs after you're done eating is kinda disconcerting. I did it once--when I was in my adventurous 20s, but never again. It's a miniature boneyard on your plate. :creepy:

Taste like chicken :funn:

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RudyjohnSoWal Insider
#114
Taste like chicken :funn:
:floor::floor::floor:
DD avatar
DDSoWal Expert
#115
Taste like chicken :funn:

:rolling:
shell seekerBeach Crab
#116
Just reading all these posts about Rednecks. Yee Haw. I've see a trailer that was close to falling in with a satelite dish attached and a great swimming pool in the back yard. Now that's Redneck. Oh yea, the picture of the deliverance kid just palin freeks me out. I believe that's what they call an inbreed.:clap_1:
Lady D avatar
Lady DSoWal Insider
#117
Just reading all these posts about Rednecks. Yee Haw. I've see a trailer that was close to falling in with a satelite dish attached and a great swimming pool in the back yard. Now that's Redneck. Oh yea, the picture of the deliverance kid just palin freeks me out. I believe that's what they call an inbreed.:clap_1:

OMG, that is John R. Can't believe you referred to him as that. He lives on the bay down there. Yes, Memphis Tiger, I know what you are referring too. I see trailers with above ground swimming pools in the backyard when coming back from Millington. Obviously, you must be from this area maybe???
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swantreeBeach Fanatic
#118
does it count if your a "sons of the confederacy"? even if you grew up on the west coast?;-)
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kathydwellsDarlene is my middle name, not my nickname
#119
OMG, that is John R. Can't believe you referred to him as that. He lives on the bay down there. Yes, Memphis Tiger, I know what you are referring too. I see trailers with above ground swimming pools in the backyard when coming back from Millington. Obviously, you must be from this area maybe???

Clarification. It really is the boy from Deliverance. It is NOT John R.
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Miss KittyMeow
#120
Oh Poot! Toots...our singing got deleted. :(

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